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The 24 pages that link to Zhu Xi, each with the reason it gives.

• Imperial examinationRelated: His commentaries shaped the orthodox readings candidates were expected to master.

• Song dynastyRelated: His teachings gave later generations a dominant interpretation of the classical Confucian tradition.

• AnalectsRelated: His commentary helped establish the Analects’ later canonical reading.

• Neo-ConfucianismRelated: His synthesis became the most influential orthodox formulation of the tradition.

• Four BooksRelated: His commentary and ordering established the curriculum’s influential form.

• Kangxi EmperorRelated: Kangxi endorsed Zhu Xi’s learning to legitimate Qing rule among Confucian scholars.

• Confucian classicsRelated: He selected and interpreted the Four Books, making them the foundation of later study.

• Confucianism in KoreaRelated: Joseon scholars adopted his commentaries as authoritative guides to the classics.

• Civil service examinationRelated: His commentaries became central to the learning expected of examination candidates.

• Five ClassicsRelated: His educational program elevated the Four Books alongside classical study.

• Sima GuangRelated: Zhu Xi’s abridgment helped transmit the Zizhi Tongjian to later generations.

• Book of DocumentsRelated: His canon-making and commentarial tradition helped establish how the text was taught.

• Zizhi TongjianRelated: His adaptation of the chronicle gave its historical judgments a lasting place in Neo-Confucian teaching.

• YijingRelated: His interpretation helped establish the Yijing’s place in later Confucian learning.

• Cheng HaoRelated: Zhu Xi incorporated the Cheng brothers into the tradition that became the Cheng-Zhu school.

• Four Books and Five ClassicsRelated: His Four Books editions and commentaries shaped the canon’s later educational form.

• Zhou DunyiRelated: Zhu Xi’s editions and commentary made Zhou’s writings central to later Confucian study.

• Xiong ShiliRelated: Xiong engages the Confucian inheritance that Zhu Xi helped shape, while developing a different account of reality.